Public bug reported: The Explore tab of the "Software" app seems to be completely non- functional. It shows an initial screen with "Editors Picks", etc. but if you do any search or click one of the Categories, a blank screen appears with a forever-spinning indicator.
The following error is written to syslog: ... dbus-daemon... Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.seahorse.Application' gnome-shell[]: Received error from D-Bus search provider org.gnome.seahorse.Application.desktop during GetResultMetas: Gio.DBusError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.1376 was not provided by any .service files gnome-shell[]: Wrong number of result metas returned by search provider org.gnome.seahorse.Application.desktop: expected 4 but got 0 (complete syslog from during the run is attached as syslog.txt) STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Run gnome-software (or run "Software" through the app-finder mechanism) 2. Click the "Explore" (leftmost) tab at the top 3. Scroll down and click "Audio & Video" under Categories RESULTS: White screen with forever-spinning indicator ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-software 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-39.43-generic 5.4.41 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-39-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jul 5 17:40:51 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-24 (103 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) InstalledPlugins: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-16 (50 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1886354 Title: Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The Explore tab of the "Software" app seems to be completely non- functional. It shows an initial screen with "Editors Picks", etc. but if you do any search or click one of the Categories, a blank screen appears with a forever-spinning indicator. The following error is written to syslog: ... dbus-daemon... Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.seahorse.Application' gnome-shell[]: Received error from D-Bus search provider org.gnome.seahorse.Application.desktop during GetResultMetas: Gio.DBusError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.1376 was not provided by any .service files gnome-shell[]: Wrong number of result metas returned by search provider org.gnome.seahorse.Application.desktop: expected 4 but got 0 (complete syslog from during the run is attached as syslog.txt) STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Run gnome-software (or run "Software" through the app-finder mechanism) 2. Click the "Explore" (leftmost) tab at the top 3. Scroll down and click "Audio & Video" under Categories RESULTS: White screen with forever-spinning indicator ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-software 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-39.43-generic 5.4.41 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-39-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jul 5 17:40:51 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-24 (103 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) InstalledPlugins: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-16 (50 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1886354/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp